I know what it feels like to build a relationship with God from the ground up.

I didn’t grow up around church. I wanted to believe in God, but I didn’t know where to start. I knew of Jesus, but I didn’t really know who He was or what He meant for my life.

I had to learn how to walk with God one small step at a time, while navigating new motherhood and a life that felt overwhelming.

Over time, I started to realize I didn’t just need to know more about God.

I needed to know Him.

And that changed everything.

That’s why I created Built From Within.

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What Got Me Here

I wanted to believe in God. I just didn't know where to start.

I knew of Jesus, but I didn't understand who He really was. I didn't know He was the Son of God, or what that meant for me.

Even prayer felt like something that belonged to other people. When someone was going through something hard, I wouldn't say, “I'm praying for you,” because I didn't feel like I was allowed to. I didn't know God, and honestly, I wasn't sure He knew me either.

I tried reading the Bible more than once. I'd start, have no idea what I was reading, and eventually stop.

Then I became a mom, and life got a whole lot louder.

Motherhood brought me face-to-face with how little control I actually had. I had questions I couldn't answer and things I couldn't fix on my own.

And somewhere in that season, instead of continuing to keep God at a distance, I decided I was finally going to give Jesus a real chance.

Not because I suddenly understood everything.

I just finally wanted to know Him.

So I started small.

For me, starting small looked like a walk.

One of the biggest ways I learned to connect with God was through movement.

I'd take what I was learning with me on a walk and just talk to Him about it. No perfect prayers. No hour-long Bible studies. Just honest conversations with a God I was finally beginning to know.

Walking gave me space to think, process, pray, and slowly learn what it looked like to include God in my everyday life.

It wasn't the walking that changed me. It was Who I was walking with.

Why I created Built From Within

As I got to know Jesus, I began to understand just how important the Bible was.

Before that, I thought reading the Bible was simply something you were supposed to do.

I didn't understand that God's Word wasn't just something to check off a list. It was where I would learn who Jesus was, what He said was true, and allow Him to begin changing me from the inside out.

But I also remembered how intimidating it had felt in the beginning.

I remembered opening the Bible and not understanding what I was reading. Starting, stopping, and starting again. Wanting to know God but not knowing how to get from wanting to to actually walking with Him.

Built From Within is the resource I wish I had then.

A simple place for beginners to open the Bible, understand what they're reading, talk with God about it, and keep taking the next step.

Not to become a Bible expert.

To get to know Jesus for themselves.

If you're learning to walk with Jesus, you don't have to figure it out alone.

know how intimidating the beginning can feel because I was there too.

You don't need to have all the answers. You don't need years of Bible knowledge. You just need a place to begin.

Start where you are. We'll take it one chapter, one conversation, and one step at a time.

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